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Vulnerability record · CVE-2011-4516 · published 15 December 2011

CVE-2011-4516: Jasper project jasper out-of-bounds write vulnerability

Jasper Project · Jasper

Heap-based buffer overflow in the jpc_cox_getcompparms function in libjasper/jpc/jpc_cs.c in JasPer 1.900.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted numrlvls value in a coding style default (COD) marker segment in a JPEG2000 file.

6.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 10% · top 4.4% CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds write
6.8CVSS 2.0 base score
10%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
8Affected product versions listed by NVD
36References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the jpc_cox_getcompparms function in libjasper/jpc/jpc_cs.c in JasPer 1.900.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted numrlvls value in a coding style default (COD) marker segment in a JPEG2000 file.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

8 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-December/071458.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071561.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00010.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/77595 Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0698.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47193 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/47306 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/47353 Not Applicable
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21660640 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2371 Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/887409 Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2012-366304.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1807.html Not Applicable
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1811.html Not ApplicableThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50992 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2015&m=slackware-security.538606 Release Notes
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1315-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747726 Issue Tracking
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-December/071458.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071561.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00010.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/77595 Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0698.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47193 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/47306 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/47353 Not Applicable
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21660640 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2371 Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/887409 Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2012-366304.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1807.html Not Applicable
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1811.html Not ApplicableThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50992 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2015&m=slackware-security.538606 Release Notes
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1315-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747726 Issue Tracking

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2011-4516), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.